[HN Gopher] A Dark Age Beacon (2019)
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       A Dark Age Beacon (2019)
        
       Author : Petiver
       Score  : 27 points
       Date   : 2024-11-27 05:27 UTC (17 hours ago)
        
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       | Mistletoe wrote:
       | I watched an episode of some show about this place and
       | immediately went to my refrigerator and wrote it down on my list
       | of places I want to see.
        
         | IncreasePosts wrote:
         | I've been to Tintagel. It is a fine half-day trip but not worth
         | trekking out there if you aren't already in the area. Lots of
         | interesting things to see/do in Cornwall/Devon though, so I
         | would highly recommend a trip to that general region!
        
       | kitd wrote:
       | There's an impressive sculpture at Tintagel that's meant to
       | represent King Arthur's ephemeral nature:
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       | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gallos_(sculpture)
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       | Close up, it's quite disturbing
        
         | taneq wrote:
         | I love this statue. There's a free STL version here:
         | https://www.myminifactory.com/object/3d-print-the-once-and-f...
         | I printed one 40cm high in metallic copper filament and it
         | looks amazing.
        
       | llm_trw wrote:
       | >The British cleric Geoffrey of Monmouth's widely read twelfth-
       | century History of the Kings of Britain records that Arthur was
       | conceived at Tintagel Castle, the product of a duplicitous union
       | between Uther Pendragon, King of Britain, and Ygerna, Duchess of
       | Cornwall (see "Was There a Real King Arthur?"). Although little
       | is known about Monmouth himself, his epic book propelled him into
       | the role of de facto national historian of England. His Arthurian
       | tales were particularly popular with the literate upper classes.
       | In fact, most of the standing remains visible at Tintagel belong
       | to a thirteenth-century medieval castle that was directly
       | inspired by the legend. One of Europe's wealthiest men, Richard,
       | Earl of Cornwall and brother of King Henry III, reportedly read
       | Monmouth's account and was moved to build a romanticized fantasy
       | castle on the supposed spot of King Arthur's conception.
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       | I'm not sure what you call this but the fact that people 8
       | centuries removed from us build a tourist trap about people 6
       | centuries removed from them is something.
        
         | libraryofbabel wrote:
         | and now 21st century tourists trooping to the site in many
         | cases believe that the 13th-century fantasy castle _is_ the
         | castle associated with the legendary King Arthur. Or at least I
         | did, as a kid. (Later I became friends with medievalist
         | historians who taught me how different post-Roman Britain was
         | from the late Middle Ages...)
        
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